Comic books September 1952

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Rocky tries to figure out why he keeps seeing a strange building and a murder in his dreams, and what they have to do with the mysterious coin that keeps turning up in his waking life. Rocky finds an invitation to join the Snake Hollow Bend gang on an unconscious outlaw, and decides to RSVP in person. Dee Dickens tries to prove that a five-dollar bill is actually a twenty. The Toss of the Coin; Sage-Brush; Gopher-Face; Dee Dickens: The Legitimate Swindle; The Tavern of Doom; Peaceful Sam; Tightwad Tad; Barks in the Night; Harper in Hollywood. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Poisoned Water starring Roy Rogers and Trigger, art by Albert Micale; Saboteurs are poisoning the water system of the new defense plant. A Challenge in the Big Bend starring Roy Rogers and Trigger, art by Albert Micale; Roy is after heroin smugglers who drop their cargo from an airplane. Coward's Cache starring Roy Rogers, art by Al McKimson team. Roy Plays a Hunch, art by Al McKimson team. The Oregon Trail text story, art by Albert Micale. Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, art by Ray Thayer. Barbed Wire fact page. Preacher Roe Wheaties ad. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Trigger Beats the Gun" and "Trigger Runs the Gantlet." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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September 1952. Previously published as Fantasy Advertiser until Vol 5. Science fiction reviews, ads, essays, illustrations and articles. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 48, Issue 3 - September, 1952. Movie Fan Magazine. Elizabeth Taylor photo cover, Stories include; "Ivanhoe" starring Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor, "Way of a Gaucho" starring Gene Tierney and Rory Calhoun, "Don't Bother to Knock" starring Richard Widmark and Marilyn Monroe, and many more. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 94 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Sept. 1952. Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $200.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4016388011

Art by Robert Webb and Lena Buffalente. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. Sheena's plan to overthrow a corrupt tribal priest involves disguising herself as a crocodile; Natives dress in lion suits to terrorize villagers; The King of the Congo dares a native attack to rescue a disabled barge. The Terror-Pack of Slavemans Cavern; The Curse of B'Shingu; Ju-Ju Gold; Calling Jungle Patrol!; The Great Congo Treasure Trek. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and others. Numbering continues from Crime-Fighting Detective (1950) #19. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Serial killer Joseph Medley goes to the chair for his compulsion for strangling women. Inspector Roc investigates the case of The Bloodless Corpse, featuring art by pioneering African-American cartoonist Alvin Hollingsworth. Holdup men Joe and Sammy have a fatal flaw: when Sammy gets nervous, he kills people. The Strangler; The Bloodless Corpse; The Poisonous Heart; Death's Calling Card; Prison Panic!! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Louis Zansky and others. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy tracks a suspected killer into the mountains, but the man is trying to confront the outlaws who framed him for murder. Cattle rustlers set a deadly trap for Lash LaRue. "Secret Marshal" Rocky Lane must escort a massive diamond to a gem show, but outlaws know he's got the stone. Hopalong Cassidy: Over the Cliff; Mule Skinner; Lash LaRue: Rustlers on the Range; Ten-Gallon Tex; Smiley Burnette: Clothes Make the Man; Cactus Brain; Rocky Lane: The Diamond of Death; Lamebrain Lem. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $129.95 or Best Offer View scans Lateral spine tear. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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Second issue of the 10c cover-priced series. The first three issues of Star Spangled War Stories (1952)--#131-133--picked up the numbering from the last issues of Star Spangled Comics #1-130). NOTE: There is also a 12c cover priced edition with the same issue number that was published in 1967. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Sept 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories by Philip Jack Vance, Roger Dee. R.J. McGregor, and Charles E. Fritch. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Kiss of the Vampire"; A policeman suspects a woman of foul play; He poses as an artist and meets her; She is a vampire and tries to kill him. "Corpse in the Vat"; A medical student finds his girlfriend with another man; The medical student kills her and plans to cut her body into millions of pieces; A ventriloquist causes the man to think she's still alive. "Short Steps to Death" text story by Paul Oren. "Death. Going Up"; Three people are summoned to a hotel and disappear; A detective investigates and receives a note to come to the hotel. "Fit to Die!"; A woman's husband is a cataleptic; The wife meets a younger man, and they bury the husband when the husband has a cataleptic fit; The will was not signed so they dig him up and make him sign it. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. The Boy Who Was Afraid, art by Bernie Krigstein; A boy doesn't want to play outside because if he steps on the cracks in the pavement the ground will swallow him up. Dream of Death text story. The Monster's Son, art by Jim Mooney; Frankenstein's monster creates an heir. The Frightful Feet, art by Bill Benulis; A rabbit hunter who hacks off their feet to sell as good luck charms has the tables turned on him. The Hidden Head, art by Ed Winiarski. Keep Out, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart FR 1.0 $115.00 View scan 7.5" Vertical spine tear. Extra staple holes.

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Cover art by Jack Sparling. "Double Doublecross" starring Spike and Bat, art by Jack Sparling. "Hawaiian Maneuvers," art by Jack Sparling; The Shore Patrol is called in when Spike and Bat battle for the attentions of Lani. "Mighty Mabel" text story, art by Charles P. X. Houts. "Mam'selle Spells Trouble," art by Jack Sparling; Spike and Bat strike-out with Fifi Delorm, a French news correspondent. Four pages of Lover O'Leary and His Liberty Belles good girl art by Jack Sparling. "Ever-Lovin' Wuff" one-page story, art by George Crenshaw. One-page story, art by Art Helfant; Pete buys a firecracker for the Fourth of July. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures, Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.50.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale with pencils by Lynn Karp; Adventures of Tom tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Meets a Bandit"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; Droopy half-pager; and Droopy 1-pager. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and Chad Grothkropf. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom must run for his life when he comes into possession of a camera that reveals the identities of the Red Mask Gang. Tom escorts a valuable race horse to its new owner, so outlaws enlist the aid of a man who hates Tom Mix. Tom tracks the outlaws who are smuggling "dope" into Dobie. Plus a vintage ad for a "jet glow" decoder belt and "cosmic smoke" ray gun based on TV's Space Patrol. The Deadly Camera; Double Motive Revenge; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Race; Jeeter; Saddlehead; Cowboy Cal; Fightin' Forbes: Branding Iron; Rawhide Hotchkiss: The Bum Steer; The Cursed Dobie Dope Ring. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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B&W British Edition published by L. Miller & Son. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. When a hundred-year-old land deed is destroyed, outlaws set a dangerous plan into motion. A mastermind thinks he's got a foolproof robbery plan, as his cohorts never speak or meet until it's time for the crime. Tom witnesses a murder, then tries to figure out why the victim is a Native American dressed in ill-fitting cowboy garb. The One Hundred Year Old Deed; Roundup Time With Tom Mix; Tumbleweed Jr. Gets His Goat; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; The Perfect Set-Up; Fightin' Forbes: Warning to Snoopers; The Indian in the Cowboy Suit. 24 pages, B&W.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $73.00 View scan Interior is complete. Extensive accumulation of defects. Mold and paper deterioration throughout. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Don Perlin, Abe Simon, Lee Elias, Joe Certa, Moe Marcus, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, John Belfi and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A mad scientist builds a body from the parts of his murder victims, but their spirits seek revenge. Gangsters join a mountaineering expedition for a lost treasure and find instead the Glacier Beast. Lars uses his murder victim as lawn fertilizer, but the lawn itself takes its revenge. Graveyard Monsters; His Brothers Keeper; Shangrila!; Devil-Doll!; Glacier Beast; Dirt of Death; Trail Of Death. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Warren Kremer, Vic Donahue, and Jack Sparling. Harvey presents war stories as Korea was becoming the latest American conflict. The indicia reads Vol. 2, issue #1, but the cover lists it as issue #2. Soldier Fando, member of a circus-clown family, gets to use his special skills on the battlefield. A soldier writes a letter home to his mother on the eve of a big battle. Garrison enlists in the war, but his fellow soldiers wonder if he's past his prime. This is War!; Too Old to Fight!; The Wild Bulls of Korea; The Toll of War!; 'T Was the Night...; Extra Helping of Guts!; Dear Mom; The Sucker! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Despite the US affiliation in the title, this was an original war comic from Canadian publisher Superior, with early issues focused on the then-current Korean War. Pilot Pete is in hot water after enemy soldiers disguise themselves as US forces to confuse air support. Bombers face heavy anti-aircraft fire from an unknown source. Tod is assigned to take out Yin Soy, the female fighter ace who's been decimating US planes. Cowards Courage; Radar Roulette; His Last Mission; Operation Panic; Mig Alley Dame. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by George Roussos. Contains horror stories. In order of appearance: "The Phantom Bus" reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #18 and Haunted Horror: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2013-2018 IDW) #6-1ST; "Ghost Portraits: Meet Some Members of the International Society of House Haunters!"; "Bayou Vengeance"; "Dr. Death"; "Mirror of Hate"; "Peg Powler" art by Alex Toth and Mike Peppe, reprinted in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; and "The Eerie Glen". Comic advertisement for Dubble Bubble bubble gum from Fleer. "Death by Darkness: Silas Hager Held a Grip on Jed Runston Even After Murder Struck!" illustrated text story by John Marvin. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $349.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Two center wraps missing, affects art and story. 7" cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $349.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Heavy cover oxidation with chipping. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A murderous treasure hunter with a fortune in blood diamonds is pursued by a severed hand. Deadly mandrake roots attack the human residents of a tea plantation. A pilot and a female detective track an embezzler into the jungle. The Game Called Dying; Plantation of Fear; Jewels of Death; Congo Terror; There's Peril in Perfection! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories featuring Donald Duck, the Li'l Bad Wolf, Grandma Duck, Little Hiawatha, and Mickey Mouse. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Big Blow-Up" (script by Hank Chapman), "Barrage" (script by Chapman, art by Jack Keller); "Attack at Dawn!" (art by Robert Q. Sale); and "Danger Point" (art by Dan Loprino). Cal Massey cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $2,800.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4337190001

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $999.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Water damage. Tape on interior/exterior of cover and interior pages. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Don Heck. Cover with bullet hole in forehead. Exact same hole-in-head was reused by Heck on Horrific #1. "The Unconquered," art by Don Heck; Sgt. Norman Kaney and his raw recruits head to Korea. "River Crossing!", pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon; World War II story set in Germany where Lieutenant Stacy uses his athletic skills to hold his breath underwater and sneak up on a Nazi gun post. "The Sniper" text story. "The Runt," art by Rudy Palais; World War II story in the South Pacific in 1943 where a soldier named Pete gets the nickname "Runt." "True Hero"; A North Korean who fights on the American side of the Korean war proves himself to be a loyal American. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $295.00 View scans Centerfold detached.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $380.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4362037008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. "Revulsion" (art by Joe Orlando), "The Quick Trip" and "The Long Trip" (art by Al Williamson)., "He Who Waits" (art by Jack Kamen), and "By George" (art by Williamson with Jack Hearn). NOTE: See 1st Series for 1950 #15 Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Basil Wolverton. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro, Ed Smalle and Basil Wolverton. Pre-Code tales of science fiction and horror from Stanley Morse Publications. Stranded on Mars, astronaut Bob encounters a giant living hand with eyes. A scientist's new discovery accidentally animates a suit of armor. A hallucinogenic substance transports a scientist to a nightmare planet. Plus an adventure of whimsical spacefaring hero Jumpin' Jupiter. Stories and a classic horror cover by comics legend Basil Wolverton. The Monster on Mars; The Slave Pits of Uranus; Jumpin' Jupiter; Frontiers of Tomorrow; The Desert Castle; Nightmare World. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Allen Hardy. Cover by Don Heck. Horror, suspense, and Weird Terror tales patterned after the classic EC comics. "Hitler's Head," art by Don Heck; The Devil is hunting down ex-Nazi's with the ghost of Adolph Hitler. "The Wage-Earners," art by C. A. Winter; While driving through a cemetery at night Henry Mason accidentally hits a beautiful woman; He is shocked and relieved to find out that she is unharmed; He becomes so smitten by this strange beautiful woman that he kills his wife to be with her; It turns out this beautiful woman is really a ghoul out to collect sinful souls for her 'father', the Grim Reaper himself! "The Cave of the Bats" text story by Burr Dett. "Portrait of Death," art by Rudy Palais. "The Invisible Curse," pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 6, Issue 2 - September, 1952. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Men's interest magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world.

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Wild Bill stars in "Mistaken Identity" and "The Big Tree Mystery." Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by J.F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by John Belcastro, A. Albert, and Dick Dillin. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. An American airman downed over Korea must convince natives to aid him before his communist attackers get reinforcements; Fighter pilots have a friendly rivalry with the new helicopter pilots in Korea; Buzz Bennett has his first combat mission over the Korean peninsula. Reap the Red Wind; Kamikaze; Jackpot Hero; Operation Egg-Beater; Buzz Bennett; The Saber-Killers. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "Ghost Train," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Enemy agents use an elaborate scheme to sabotage America. "The Chessmen of Doom," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; The Chequerians play chess with entire planets as pieces. Wonder Women of History: three-page Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch bio by Julius Schwartz, art by John Giunta. "Those Rings on Your Fingers" text article. "Invasion of the Raindrops," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Steve and Diana are attacked by a drop of water. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bob McCarty and John Martin. Pre-Code tales of horror from Fawcett, a publisher not normally noted for grue. Entomologist Dr. Jarrat develops "Metamorphosis syndrome" and finds himself turning into a different insect every night. An actor rebuilds the stage of his greatest performance, but also revives the ghost of his greatest enemy. An antiques dealer finds himself going backwards in time. An artist learns too much about the technique of a tortured master painter. A Death for a Death; The Stage Is Set for Murder; The Man Who Was Monday; The Locked Door. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.